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the naming convention

Baby girl is taking her sweet time getting here.  (And keeping me up at night – do you see what time I’m posting this?   4am?  I had to take a field trip to the kitchen because I was STARVING.) But!  Maybe she’s been waiting for this: Swistle Names Our Baby That’s right, I called in reinforcements.  The [...]

the naming dilemma

For some couples, picking baby names is easy.  We are not that couple. I remember my sister-in-law confidently announcing the names they had chosen for both boy and girl.  I was blown away by the fact that not only was she NOT going to find out the sex, but that they had chosen names without consulting [...]

take my money, please

Besides the physical pregnancy differences between Baby 1.0 and Baby 2.0, this second time around, there is a certain naiveté that’s been lost. I’m speaking, of course, about The Shopping.  2 years ago, newly pregnant and bursting with the thought of all the things I would get to buy (or register for and have other [...]

parenting 101

Today’s lesson: POOP Lesson 1:  If you determine with near certainty based on a red, red face that your child is going to poop in the tub, you have two options.  You can let them poop in the tub, or you can yank them out and attempt to get a diaper on before it falls. (Oh [...]